WILLIAM: The Dangers Of Grooming

Paul McKenzie is a professional Public Speaker, life coach/ NLP Master Practitioner, Youth Worker and Public Correspondent and publisher.

Paul has enjoyed changing the lives of hundreds of people over the last 15 years. After leaving the role of a solicitors account manager, Paul became more in tune with working with people that were less fortunate than himself, by volunteering in several youth enrichment programs that targeted young people that were seen to be disadvantaged. His role of a mentor in a primary school motivated him to pursue a broader approach to tacking challenging behavior.

With the signs of serious youth violence spanning back almost a decade, Paul focused much of his time in engaging young people on a street level. His core beliefs are “The behavior is never the real person” and this approach has earned him respect in his local community and communities spanning across London.

After much deliberation, Paul decided to turn his attention and pursue his ultimate passion, which was to design projects that aim to support and develop the youth within his community.

This is achieved by producing short powerful films that highlight specific issues and capture the unique essence of everyday people’s stories. These messages are shared internationally and contain inspirational, thought provoking material and reaches out to the heart of the community.

The power behind these messages lays in the community-based individuals that use their stories to motivate others.

In 2019 Paul worked with young people from the local area to produce three short films. SICK, KARMA & William, all films were tools to engage young people that would normally be at risk of offending. These short films addressing mental health and serious youth violence were also screened within the local community. The Short film SICK went on to be screen exclusively at the National Gallery, making history.